L/2563 Pte Ephraim Thomas Deadman of the 16th Lancers was killed in action on the 12th September 1914. His army number indicates that he joined the Lancers at the beginning of February 1910. His medal index card records the information that he arrived in France on the 17th August 1914.
Ephraim, who was from Sheerness in Kent, is buried in Vailly British Cemetery; grave reference IV.A.34. It was at Vailly-Sur-Aisne that the 3rd Division crossed the river Aisne on 12th September 1914 in the advance from the Marne. The war diary of the 16th Lancers may well give further information on how Pte Deadman was killed.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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